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Country Profile CENTRAL AFRICAN Abc Region: Sub-Saharan

2020 EPI Country Rank (out of 180) GDP [PPP 2011$ billions] 3.6

124 GDP per capita [$] 763

2020 EPI Score [0=worst, 100=best] Population [millions] 4.7

36.9 Urbanization [%] 42.20

Country Scorecard

Issue Categories Rank [/180]

Environmental Health 179 12.2

Air Quality 161 22.0

Sanitation & Drinking Water 179 0.0

Heavy Metals 170 24.0

Waste Management 133 0.0

Ecosystem Vitality 50 53.5

Biodiversity & Habitat 22 84.7

Ecosystem Services 40 50.7

Fisheries 0 0.0

Climate Change 105 45.4

Pollution Emissions 107 51.8

Agriculture 151 21.9

Water Resources 134 0.0

Regional Average Average epi.yale.edu Page 1 of 3 Country Profile Abc Region: Sub-Saharan Africa 10-Year Regional Regional Rank EPI Score Change Rank Average Environmental Performance Index 124 36.9 -3.9 12 33.2

Environmental Health 179 12.2 -0.1 45 22.7 Air Quality 161 22 -0.4 37 28.0 Household solid fuels 179 2.8 +1.8 46 16.1

PM 2.5 exposure 103 36.8 -1.7 24 35.9 Ozone exposure 175 12.5 -4.2 46 36.4 Sanitation & Drinking Water 179 0 –- 45 15.9 Unsafe sanitation 179 0 –- 45 16.7 Unsafe drinking water 179 0 –- 45 15.4 Heavy Metals / Lead exposure 170 24 +2.0 45 41.4 Waste Management / Controlled solid waste 133 0 –- 21 5.7

Ecosystem Vitality 50 53.5 -6.2 4 40.2 Biodiversity & Habitat 22 84.7 +1.0 5 58.6 Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 57 97 –- 17 69.0 Terrestrial biomes (global) 57 97 –- 17 71.3 Marine protected areas 0 0 –- 32 14.5 Protected Areas Representativeness Index 72 34.1 +9.8 17 30.4 Species Habitat Index 6 98.5 -1.2 1 84.3 Species Protection Index 48 91.7 –- 9 75.7 Biodiversity Habitat Index 43 65.5 -0.6 12 55.6 Ecosystem Services 40 50.7 -2.0 11 40.8 Tree cover loss 34 48.6 -4.4 9 36.7 loss 21 95.9 +24.1 5 55.2 Wetland loss 114 42.7 +14.5 35 63.0 Fisheries 0 0 –- 32 12.3 Fish Stock Status 0 0 –- 27 13.7 Marine Trophic Index 0 0 –- 31 13.3 Fish caught by trawling 0 0 –- 13 5.9 Climate Change 105 45.4 -10.5 13 37.8

CO2 growth rate 100 38.6 -17.2 9 24.8

CH4 growth rate 77 72 +19.2 14 54.5 F-gas growth rate 0 0 –- 21 89.8

N2 O growth rate 48 71.3 +19.2 12 53.0 Black Carbon growth rate 75 61.1 -18.2 7 42.4

CO2 from land cover 102 43.7 –- 16 37.3 Greenhouse gas intensity growth rate 175 0 -59.0 44 54.2 per capita 97 44.7 +2.4 41 75.6 Pollution Emissions 107 51.8 -26.3 16 46.1

SO 2 growth rate 111 55.7 -44.3 18 50.2

NO X growth rate 99 47.9 -8.3 15 42.0 Agriculture / Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index 151 21.9 -4.2 38 32.9 Water Resources / Wastewater treatment 134 0 –- 22 1.5 Note: three largest increases in green and three largest decreases in red. "–" indicates no change. epi.yale.edu Page 2 of 3 Country Profile CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Peer Comparisons: EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similarAbc characteristics

EPI Performance GDP per capita Issue Performance

Honduras 37.8 38.3 40.4

Indonesia 37.8 Central African Republic 36.9 40.2

Kiribati 37.7 Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4 Malawi 38.3

São Tomé and Príncipe 37.6 33.9 Equatorial 38.1

China 37.3 30.8 37.0

Samoa 37.3 29.5 Central African Republic 36.9

Qatar 37.1 Guinea- 29.1 Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4

Zimbabwe 37.0 27.0 Mozambique 33.9

Central African Republic 36.9 25.7 Togo 29.5

Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4 22.6 Guinea-Bissau 29.1

Regulatory Quality Voice & Accountability Political Stability

Cuba 48.4 United Arab Emirates 55.6 Ukraine 49.5

Iran 48.0 Kazakhstan 44.7 Lebanon 45.4

Algeria 44.8 Qatar 37.1 Iraq 39.5

Iraq 39.5 Zimbabwe 37.0 Central African Republic 36.9

Equatorial Guinea 38.1 Central African Republic 36.9 Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4

Central African Republic 36.9 34.4 34.8

Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4 33.8 33.1

Republic of Congo 30.8 Cambodia 33.6 31.0

Guinea-Bissau 29.1 33.6 29.4

Haiti 27.0 Republic of Congo 30.8 Afghanistan 25.5

Sub-Saharan Africa Least Developed Countries Ease of Doing Business Index

Burkina Faso 38.3 38.3 Venezuela 50.3

Malawi 38.3 Malawi 38.3 38.1

Equatorial Guinea 38.1 37.7 Central African Republic 36.9

São Tomé and Príncipe 37.6 São Tomé and Príncipe 37.6 Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4

Zimbabwe 37.0 Central African Republic 36.9 Timor-Leste 35.3

Central African Republic 36.9 Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4 Republic of Congo 30.8

Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4 35.6 29.7

Uganda 35.6 Timor-Leste 35.3 29.0

Kenya 34.7 Laos 34.8 Haiti 27.0

Zambia 34.7 Sudan 34.8 26.7

Note: ‘Issue Performance’ based on k-nearest neighbors analysis of EPI issue categories. Sources: GDP per capita, Worldwide Governance Indicators, and Ease of Doing Business Index from DataBank. Urbanization rate from UN, Dept. of Economic and Social Afairs, Population Division. epi.yale.edu Page 3 of 3